Surreal comedy films

animated film series

American comedy troupe

2014 film by Alejandro González Iñárritu

1988 film directed by Robert Zemeckis

1979 film directed by Terry Jones

2022 film by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert

1985 dystopian film by Terry Gilliam

1999 film by Spike Jonze

2017 film by David Soren

1992 film by Robert Zemeckis

1972 film by Luis Buñuel

1998 film by Terry Gilliam

Airplane! (alternatively titled Flying High!) is a 1980 American comedy film written and directed by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker in their directorial debut, and produced by Jon Davison. It stars Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty and features Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Lorna Patterson, Stephen Stucker, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. It is a parody of the disaster film genre, particularly the 1957 Paramount film Zero Hour!, from which it borrows the plot, central characters, and some dialogue. It also draws many elements from Airport 1975 and other films in

1991 film by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

1988 film by David Zucker

1994 film directed by Peter Segal

1991 film by David Zucker

1974 film by Luis Buñuel

1962 film by Luis Buñuel

2016 film directed by Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan

1976 French animated feature film

2023 film by Ari Aster

Bulworth is a 1998 American political satire black comedy film co-written, co-produced, directed by, and starring Warren Beatty. It co-stars Halle Berry, Oliver Platt, Don Cheadle, Paul Sorvino, Jack Warden, and Isaiah Washington. The film follows the title character, California Senator Jay Billington Bulworth (Beatty), as he runs for re-election while trying to avoid a hired assassin. The film received generally positive reviews and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay yet narrowly failed to break even on a $30 million budget. However, Beatty was praised for tacklin

1960 film by Louis Malle

2001 film by Tom Green

1967 television film starring The Beatles, directed by The Beatles and Bernard Knowles

2024 film by Peter Browngardt

2022 film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu

1993 American film by Carl Reiner.

1979 film by Bertrand Blier

2018 film directed by Boots Riley

1953 film by Chuck Jones

1950 short film

2019 television special directed by Sherm Cohen

2024 film directed by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson

Freaked is a 1993 American black comedy film directed by Tom Stern and Alex Winter, both of whom wrote the screenplay with Tim Burns. Winter also starred in the lead role. Both were involved in the short-lived MTV sketch comedy show The Idiot Box, and Freaked retains the same brand of surreal humour. Freaked was Winter's last feature film before he shifted to cameo and television films for two decades until 2013's Grand Piano.

2012 film directed by Quentin Dupieux

2024 film by David and Nathan Zellner

1989 Spanish film by José Luis Cuerda

2001 film by Billy Bob Thornton

2014 film directed by Quentin Dupieux

1998 film by Javier Fesser

1941 film directed by H. C. Potter, Edward Cline

Re-Animated is a 2006 American live-action animated teen fantasy-comedy television film that aired on Cartoon Network on December 8, 2006. It was the first original production on the genre for the network. It was released on DVD on September 11, 2007, and serves as a pilot for the follow-up series ''Out of Jimmy's Head'', which premiered on September 14, 2007.

2019 film by Cosmo Segurson and Joe Murray

2007 film by Matt Maiellaro, Dave Willis

Problemista is a 2023 American surrealist comedy-drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Julio Torres in his feature directorial debut. The film stars Tilda Swinton, Torres, RZA, Greta Lee, Catalina Saavedra, James Scully, and Isabella Rossellini. Its plot follows a struggling aspiring toy designer from El Salvador who starts working for an erratic art-world outcast in New York City, hoping to stay in the country and realize his dream before his work visa expires.

1940 film by Friz Freleng

1980 film by Peter Greenaway

2020 film directed by Brian Patrick Butler

2012 film by Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim

1972 film by James Ivory

1955 film by Chuck Jones

2006 film directed by Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern

American animated short film series

1943 film by Edward F. Cline

1960 film by Richard Lester, Peter Sellers

1977 film

2019 film

1950 film by Friz Freleng